Drowned diver identified as a veteran

MISSION BEACH  Police have released the name of a diver who drowned Saturday two miles from the Mission Beach shore.

Robert Michael Clampitt, 48, was found about 100 feet from the beach, facedown in the water after he and 13 other divers plunged into surf near the Yukon wreckage, a popular diving site. Though he boarded the Waterhouse Charter with other divers, Clampitt did not have a partner during the diving excursion, authorities said.

Lifeguards tried to resuscitate him, but Clampitt died on the beach.

Clampitt was described only as a military retiree who lived in City Heights.